Re: [cobalt-developers] SMTP Relaying on Cobalt

[jale@xxxxxxxxxx]

>What is the value added Cobalt claims to provide here?
>A PC in a 1U box? Many companies sell 1U PC cases.
>Anybody can build that at home. Oh, maybe its the face
>plate?? Or the ability to enter IP numbers from the
>cool LCD panel?  Well that is really no use to me.
>However, I will talk forever having paid the first
>month's rent.

RAQ owners who expect these machines to be *everything you ever wanted*
have bought the wrong machine. I LOVE MY RAQ3 SERVER - I bought it for the
right reasons:
1) I opened the box and put it in the rack
2) I turned it on and gave it an IP
3) I spent one hr configuring and got 10 sites up running.

That doesn't happen with systems you build yourself, in a 1U case or not.
The idea of these machines is shear simplicity to own/operate to lower
overall cost of ownership. They ARE NOT made to be the end all to rocket
science. If you want that, build your own, pick out your own products to
install, and become your own support person. 

I don't have time for any of that. 

RAQ's are awesome if you use them for their intended purpose:
1) To pull out of the box
2) To turn on
3) To configure
4) To not mess around with on the inside, just leave them; just install new
patches, add web sites, and try and make money.

Danny

PS: I sure hope you didn't rent it from the ripoff artists at Interliant :)